Key benefits
Get all of your materials information in one place—avoid lost data, save time in finding information, and get a more complete view of materials problems
Make better, more consistent materials choices enterprise-wide
Meet strategic objectives such as avoiding cost, designing to comply with regulations, and enabling global manufacturing
Improve business processes relating to materials, particularly in multi-site, multi-business enterprises
What is the
GRANTA MI:Materials Strategy Package?
A package of software and services that provides everything you need to implement a consistent, informed, strategic approach to the way materials decisions are made within your organization.
Tailored support from Granta's experienced team will help you to build a single, integrated corporate materials database, configured to your needs. GRANTA MI tools then allow you to combine both engineering design objectives and 'business rules' in order to enable better and more consistent decisions across the company. An example business rule might be to prioritise those materials or suppliers designated as 'preferred'.
In this way, you give designers a tool to aid creativity, while also providing guidance on corporate strategy and helping to ensure consistency.
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What is in the MI:Materials Strategy package?
| MI:Server | This robust, scalable materials database system can be populated with your in-house materials data and with your choice of external reference information |
| MI:Viewer | The core web browser-based user interface which can be accessed securely and quickly by anyone in your organization who needs information about materials, or support for materials decision |
| MI:Toolbox | Windows application allowing material scientists or commodity experts to update the system with your latest company data |
| MI:Optimize | Tools to make better, more consistent materials choices, optimizing performance and cost |
| MI:Substitute | A systematic tool for materials substitution—respond quickly and consistently to challenges such as obsolescence, supplier change, and regulation. |
| Services | Including: tailored materials data site audits to identify opportunities, implementation services to help you deploy corporate material selection tools quickly, and full training and support |
Additional options to consider
| MI:Materials Gateway | If you need to make your materials information and strategies available from within the environments that your engineers are already using for their daily tasks, e.g., CAD, CAE and other third party software. |
| Reference data | Your choice of reference data for plastics, aerospace alloys, steels, composites, medical applications and more. |
You can configure a system to meet your specific needs using the full range of GRANTA MI system modules and compatible data »